Pressemitteilung

HPI Research School in Nanjing Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary

Potsdam/Nanjing. On 8 November 2016 the Hasso Plattner Institute Research School at Nanjing University will be celebrating its 5th anniversary. HPI director Prof. Meinel and Vice President of NJU, Prof. Hailin Xue, will both be greeting the assembly and will sign an extension of their collaboration for another five year period. That is, until December 2021.The German Consul General in Shanghai, Peter Rothen, will also speak at the occasion.

“The cooperation in the past five years has been excellent. I am therefore delighted that Nanjing University will be joining our graduate school in the education of talented junior researches for another five years,” said HPI Director Meinel.

The HPI Research School in Nanjing is the HPI’s third international “branch,” besides Cape Town and Haifa. Like their Israeli and South African colleagues, the Chinese junior researchers work at their home university in China and are awarded scholarships from HPI in Germany. They are mentored jointly by their respective home professors and integrated into the research activities of the Research School in Potsdam. In addition, they are invited to take part in the annual joint HPI Research School symposium, as well as an annual retreat and workshop in Nanjing. They are also encouraged, and receive funding, to take part in prestigious international scientific conferences, workshops and symposia.